At what rate and how are you applying manganese? My soil test in one area said that I’m low on manganese, but that’s a different story 
On a good producing tree, I mix whatever the package/bottle says. I mix a 5 gl bucket water with a couple tsp manganese.water around the drip line.Bought a small flask of this stuff. You use dry stuff. I prefer fluids. Same thing.
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Thanks. My package says 1/2 lb per large tree whatever on earth that means. I guess my ants think they are large trees. I was hoping to see instructions similar to the rate you are describing.
I am getting one of those in a week or two. Are they fast growers? How do they compare to fuyu in taste?
My are potted so I pruned them small. Tam Kam is a bit hardier and a little sweeter then Fuyu. Most Kaki had 2 growth spurt and fairly fast growing.
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So unfortunate to see this. This happens to some of mine too… they never take a scion well.
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I’ve had good luck with the sprouts. I find that they tend to grow really well. I dig them up in the fall when dormant, transfer to a pot in the winter, and graft in the spring.
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A potted persimmon tree doesn’t need a taproot. Besides they get watered all the time. In the ground, in drought conditions the taproot is their lifeline.They go deep. They take grafting easily.
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My Sovietski hybrid looks like its about to send out some new growth! That would be great for some scion to graft/share. For comparrison, Mr Cliff estimated it at approx 4F colder hardy than Nikita’s Gift so that should make it dependable for a lot of the middle of zone 6 where Nikita’s gift eventually fails… I wish i had more info on it but its supposed to have a lot of kaki traits, its leaves look just like kaki.
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The first persimmons are starting the color up here. This is my Nishimura Wase/Coffeecake.
I’ll likely have to wait for these to soften or remove the astringency artificially. It’s unlikely that they got pollinated this year to bring out their pollination variant trait.
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Nice looking Kaki fruits Andrew. Bravo 
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Do you grow this one, Tony? It seems very precocious, and doesn’t drop many fruitlets. I planted it in 2019. There are many kaki fruit this year from various trees. Only 100-46 held onto fruit in terms of American persimmons.
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I wish I lived in a warmer zone just so I can grow more tasty persimmons.
Here is my one and lonely Rojo Brillante. Not sure when it will ripen.
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I grafted a branch of Coffee Cake and Chocolate to my Tam Kam. The CC died this Spring but the Chocolate is alive to pollinate my Tam Kam.
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I think you ought to think about moving a little further south in the future. How is your Kasandra doing?
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Kassandra is doing well and still in pot as I try to figure out where it should be in ground.
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I am impressed that my RB is quite big. Could be because it is the only fruit on the potted tree.
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The RB fruit is quite large and just as big as Hachiya.
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I hope Rojo Brillante is hardy enough for my climate. A lot of my astringent varieties seem to bear smaller fruit with nothing nearing the size of an average Hachiya so far this year. Maybe I need to lower my expectations, and goals. @RUenvsci is your Sestronka fruiting this year?
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